Southwest Conference - Santa Fe
June 11-14, 2008
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Ron at
the lookout on Scandia crest.
Lookout
area at the top.
View to
the south.
View to
the SW overlooking Albuquerque
After spending some time at the peak and checking out
the excellent gift shop located there, we headed back
down the mountain and made our way back to Madrid.
Madrid is an old coal mining town that has taken on new
life for artists and craftspeople. It's also known as
the setting for much of the movie Wild Hogs.
Maggie's Diner, which was built for the movie, is still
there.
Our first stop in Madrid was the
Mine Shaft where we
tried the
buffalo burgers for lunch. After relaxing a bit we walked
through the town which is only about 5 blocks long. We
visited Maggie's Diner and some shops.
The
small town of Madrid, NM on the way back to Santa Fe.
Madrid,
NM
Madrid,
NM
Madrid,
NM
Maggie's Diner - a set built for the movie "The Wild
Hogs."
Maggie's Diner
Here are a couple websites about making the Wild Hogs
movie in Madrid:
Maggie's Diner
Wild Hogs
in Madrid
After we got back we cleaned up for the Awards Banquet.
It was a tight squeeze but they fit us all in to the
fairly small room at the hotel. Retired
Lt. General Edward Baca was the speaker but because of
problems with the sound system it was hard to hear him.
We were up early Sunday morning, got the bikes packed up
and we were off for Colorado. Our first destination was
the Four Corners. We headed SW on I-25 towards
Albuquerque then NW on Hwy 550 to Farmington where we
picked up Hwy 64. We took that past Shiprock up to Hwy 160
where we turned NE
to the Four Corners.
We gassed up at Shiprock and I had to pull my seat off
to change a battery in my Autocom. To pull the seat I
have to unlock a saddlebag and push a release. I got in
a hurry and neglected to relock the saddlebag mount
after I replaced the seat. We pulled out and a mile or
two up the road Clint came over the CB with panic
in his voice saying "Ron, come back here." My first thought
was he crashed or something but checking my mirror I saw
him pull over and dismount. I made a u-turn and headed
back and saw him walking down into the ditch. I thought
maybe he had spotted a body or something. As I pulled up
he came walking back up from the ditch with a silver saddlebag. That's
the first I noticed mine was missing. Oh crap! The front
cover was scraped up pretty well but the bag wasn't
broken and the main body was good. I remounted it and
locked it down.
This could have been bad for Clint but fortunately he
wasn't following too close and was able to avoid the bag
careening down the road
Along
Hwy 550 on the way to the Four Corners
Shiprock named for its resemblance to a 19th century
schooner.
Having
remounted my left saddlebag which came off at 65 MPH, I
contemplate what that will cost me.
$277 to
be exact - it could have been worse.
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